By: Joel Berg | Pennsylvania businesses and residents will see lower costs for water, electricity and natural gas starting July 1 under action taken today by state utility regulators. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved rate cuts for

By: Jim Lockwood | The summer electricity price for a small-business customer of PPL Electric Utilities that doesn’t shop for a better price will drop 12 percent, for a $9.25 decrease in an average monthly bill. The residential customer price

By: Jared Stonesifer | A new report claims the premature retirement of both the Beaver Valley and Three Mile Island nuclear power plants could result in a $285 million increase in electricity costs for Pennsylvania consumers. A new report claims

By: Lancaster Online | Attorneys for FirstEnergy Solutions say the company’s coal and nuclear power plants will keep producing electricity while the company undergoes reorganization under bankruptcy. The FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Akron that

By: Donna Rovins | PECO filed a request Thursday with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for approval of an $82 million increase in the rates is charges customers for the delivery of electricity. The increase would raise a residential customer’s

By: John Seewer | FirstEnergy Corp. said it will shut down three nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania within the next three years, making it the latest U.S. utility to announce closings as the nuclear industry struggles to compete with

By: Andrew Maykuth | The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has launched a process to revise the way competitive electricity suppliers post their prices. The aim is to more accurately reflect customer costs, including any fees. The PUC initiated a “rulemaking”

By: Jamison Cocklin | With a colder winter expected in its service territory, PJM Interconnection said Wednesday its members are ready with “sufficient resources” to meet this year’s forecasted peak electricity demand of 135,526 MW. A weak La Nina weather

By: FirstEnergy | FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and its subsidiaries are rebuilding and modernizing an electric transmission line to enhance service reliability for West Penn Power and Penn Power customers in Butler and Mercer counties. When completed later this year,